Joint Disease

In patients with or at risk for knee osteoarthritis, older age is strongly associated a three-to-fivefold increase in prevalent radiographic hand OA, compared with younger ages, with significant age, sex and race interactions, according to data.

In an effort to “improve uniformity” and reduce the “wide variation” in intra-articular therapy use, EULAR recently published 11 new recommendations to guide clinicians in employing these therapies for patients with peripheral arthropathies.

The gap between patient-reported outcomes and clinician-assessed endpoints in rheumatology is well documented. Patients generally care about pain, fatigue and the emotional toll immune-mediated diseases can take, while physicians are more likely to pay attention to interleukin activity or C-reactive protein levels.